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* Deconstructed in ''Series/KevinCanFuckHimself'' where Allison is significantly out of her husband Kevin's league in the looks department and Kevin himself is an InsufferableImbicile who is completely oblivious to the destructive consequences of his {{zany scheme}}s. Despite this, most of the characters belittle'' Allison'', wondering why Kevin would stick around with such a "nag" due to the misogynistic environment Kevin cultivated around them. By the start of the series, they have been married ten years and Allison is so emotionally drained from constantly catering to Kevin's irresponsible nature and impulsive whims (on top of feeling deeply lonely due to having no social life of her own) that she decides MurderIsTheBestSolution.

* Deconstructed in ''Series/KevinCanFuckHimself'' where Allison is significantly out of her husband Kevin’s league in the looks department, where Kevin is an immature idiot who makes her life much worse. Despite this, most of the characters belittle Allison, wondering why Kevin would stick around with such a nag due to the misogynistic environment Kevin’s cultivated around them. By the start of the series they have been married ten years and Allison is so emotionally drained that she decides to kill him.

* In ''Manga/DeathNote'', L is visibly surprised when Light Yagami announces that he'll keep seeing Misa Amane; throughout the series, the Taskforce and Light's family witness their relationship with a shrug. The audience, of course, knows the [[{{UnholyMatrimony}} true nature]] of [[{{VillainProtagonist}} Light's]] [[{{PsychoSupporter}} and]] [[{{DarkMistress}} Misa's]] [[{{MadLove}} feelings]] [[{{UnequalPairing}} for each other]].

* While they do actually love each other, this is about where the Morrigan and Baphomet's relationship ''starts'' in ''Comicbook/TheWickedAndTheDivine''. Between his cheating and her constant violent rages, it... deteriorates quite a bit from there over the course of the series.

* People have been saying this about [[Franchise/TheMuppets Kermit and Miss Piggy]] for decades. Their relationship was always portrayed as strained; she twice attempted to ''trick'' Kermit into marrying her, and once after she intentionally spread a number of false rumors about their relationship Kermit actually had her fired. (This is partly because subsequent media has attempted to tie together their ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' relationship [she's in love with him, he just wants her to stop being ridiculous and make the show] and their ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'' relationship [LoveAtFirstSight].) This may be why they broke up in ''Series/TheMuppets''. However, Kermit is also seen dating a new pig named Denise on that show and admits he HasAType for pigs, which might explain why it took so long for them to go through with it. And in the second half [[spoiler: Denise breaks up with him because he's still in love with Piggy.]]

*** Actually, all of the rival couples in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS'' and [[DistaffCounterpart Cute]] end up questioning the marriage and being unhappy in it, except for one: Nami and Gustafa, who seem perfectly happy in their marriage, finding someone who enjoys travel and their alone time, but both loving the valley enough to stay.

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* In ''VideoGame/WarioWare'', for reasons unknown to all but the Star Spirits themselves, Mona thinks Wario is really cool and is hinted to be attracted to him. For reference, she's a cute, attractive, cheerful FieryRedhead, and he's greedy, ugly, overweight, amoral, CorruptCorporateExecutive whose breath always smells like garlic. For her part, [[BadassOnPaper Wario]] is a treasure hunter who's earned his wealth battling beasties and saving the world.

* Given the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters extremely vast cast]] of the ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' series, it's inevitable that some characters would fall into this. What makes it more peculiar is that some of these are rival couples--meaning they woo each other and get married ''over the course of the game.'' And then go right to never getting along.

* People have been saying this about [[Franchise/TheMuppets Kermit and Miss Piggy]] for decades. Their relationship was always portrayed as strained; she twice attempted to ''trick'' Kermit into marrying her, and once after she intentionally spread a number of false rumors about their relationship Kermit actually had her fired. (This is partly because subsequent media has attempted to tie together their ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' relationship [she's in love with him, he just wants her to stop being ridiculous and make the show] and their ''Series/TheMuppetMovie'' relationship [LoveAtFirstSight].) This may be why they broke up in ''Series/TheMuppets''. However, Kermit is also seen dating a new pig named Denise on that show and admits he HasAType for pigs, which might explain why it took so long for them to go through with it. And in the second half [[spoiler: Denise breaks up with him because he's still in love with Piggy.]]

* People have been saying this about [[Franchise/TheMuppets Kermit and Miss Piggy]] for decades. Their relationship was always portrayed as strained; she twice attempted to ''trick'' Kermit into marrying her, and once after she intentionally spread a number of false rumors about their relationship Kermit actually had her fired. This may be why they broke up in ''Series/TheMuppets''. However, Kermit is also seen dating a new pig named Denise on that show and admits he HasAType for pigs, which might explain why it took so long for them to go through with it.

* In ''Literature/TerraTrilogy Terra]]'' by Music/MitchBenn, the Bradburys are a couple who are always arguing. Their friends can't understand why they're still married.

* In ''Literature/{{Terra}}'' by Music/MitchBenn, the Bradburys are a couple who are always arguing. Their friends can't understand why they're still married.

* ''VideoGame/AITheSomniumFiles'': It's eventually revealed that [[CorruptPolitician So Sejima]] at one time had a relationship with [[spoiler:Manaka Iwai]]. ''Massive'' age gap aside ([[spoiler:Iwai]] was 19 at the time while Sejima was in his 50's), it's never established just what she saw in Sejima, and [[spoiler:Renju and Hitomi]] repeatedly tried to talk her out of seeing him, to no avail.

* Famed radio couple ''The Bickersons'' is probably the shining example every other TV couple strives for.

* ''The Bickersons'', as described above under Radio.

* Fred and Wilma Flintstone in ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''. The (alliterative) BetaCouple Barney and Betty, however, are quite HappilyMarried. Subverted in one of the movies, though, where Fred ''had'' to fight to get Wilma's favor back during a vacation trip where he was just this close to losing her. It's implied that Wilma ''likes'' the [[JerkWithAHeartOFGold clumsy yet good-hearted oaf]] (judging from his really awkward love letter he gave her in high school) that Fred is.

*** However, flashbacks in ''Lost'' show Johnathan and Stella's past relationship and reveal that they both genuinely loved each other when they were first married and were happy together. Unfortunately, their different values and upbringing eventually caused them to drift apart. Johnathan acknowledges that he was so in love with Stella that he was blinded to her flaws, like her snobbery, etc. On the other hand, Stella was in love with Johnathan when he was a young man just starting his career, and she did love their family they made together, but over the years, they lost their spark. Stella admits to herself that she is still unsure if she grew bored with him or felt neglected because of his work schedule, but she eventually felt that their relationship couldn't be saved.
** There is also Stella's marriage to Jean-Luc, a snobbish man who has no problem hitting on other women. Stella does explain that she fell for Jean-Luc for his good looks, sophistication and because he came from Old Money, like her, while her relationship with Johnathan was dead by the time she met him. It seems that Stella is/was attracted to Jean-Luc because they had more things in common, and she seems content with their marriage, though she is either unaware or in denial of his womanizing ways.

This is similar to TheMasochismTango but milder. It's a subset of how so many SitCom characters are so dementedly quirky that they'd wind up on ''[[Series/TheJerrySpringerShow Jerry Springer]]'' in real life. [[{{Handwave}} Handwaving]] this often uses AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther. ComedicSociopathy ultimately makes you wonder why ANYONE would put up with that guy.

* Weg from ''Webcomic/FairyDust'' is suspected by his men of enjoying being treated rudely and picking mean-tempered wives on purpose.

It takes more than the good intentions of the LoveMartyr or the delusions of MadLove to make a [[HappilyMarried relationship work]]. When a relationship gets rocky or outright implodes, the resulting mess just goes to prove LoveHurts, and that's when everyone involved was trying their best to make it work. Then, of course, there's No Accounting for Taste; this happens when two insufferable people choose to suffer each other and stay married, or when one ostensibly [[NiceGuy nice person]] marries an unrepentant {{jerkass}}.

* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' has the Scotsman's Wife. She's loud, hard on the eyes, verbally abusive, the list goes on. Despite this, however, the Scotsman still loves and swoons over her like any starry-eyed lover would.

See also AwfulWeddedLife, DeadSparks, and WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack When this occurs with non-romantic friends, one of them may be TheFriendNobodyLikes.

** A better example would be Bob and Miriam Pataki. Bob is selfish and self-centered and Miriam is a depressed, moping alcoholic. But they are still married to this day, even though they aren't happy.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Buffy and Riley's relationship was this to an extent. The only reason Buffy wanted to date Riley was that he was normal and not a vampire. The only reason Riley wanted to date Buffy was that she hunted demons as he did. They had nothing in common outside of that, barely any chemistry, and yet they stayed together for really no reason at all. Unsurprisingly they couldn't last and broke up a season later.

** Oscar and Trudy Proud count as this, as Oscar is a dimwitted jerk who fails at nearly everything he tries, and Trudy is a VERY short-tempered and violent woman who has ''beaten her husband up'' on several occasions (and possesses a hypocritical DoubleStandard on flirting with attractive people of the opposite gender), and yet neither of the Proud Parents ever seriously consider getting a divorce in order to get out of staying with each other. (The show never even reveals ''how'' they became a couple in the first place.)

* Stanley and Helen Roper from ''Series/ThreesCompany''. They only show they love each other once every blue moon, with most of the gags between them involving Stanley's unwillingness to touch Helen and Helen feeling that she's taken for granted. One wonders why they never got a divorce. This is directly taken from the original BritCom [[Series/ManAboutTheHouse series]] where the Ropers consist of an ineffectual weakling married to a chain-smoking frustrated shrew.